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Elena Rybakina has started her Indian Wells run with a routine 6-3 6-3 victory over Suzan Lamens and that is the seventh consecutive win in the desert for the Kazakh tennis star. After winning her first WTA 1000 title in Indian Wells two years ago but being unable to defend her title last year due…
Paula Badosa pulled out of Indian Wells due to a back injury and her replacement will be none other than Australian Open sensation Eva Lys. On Sunday, the rising German star beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich in her qualifying opener in the desert but then picked up a defeat versus Jule Niemeier in the qualies final round…
As everyone knows, Jannik Sinner is unable to compete on the professional tour until May 4. The world No. 1 – who was fully acquitted in the first instance by an independent tribunal – agreed to the deal with WADA last month and will miss six tournaments in total, including four Masters 1000. The Italian…
The last part of Nick Kyrgios’ career is turning into a real nightmare. The Australian ace – who has practically missed the last two seasons due to injury – has tried to return to play at the highest level at the beginning of 2025, but the results and responses of his body have been disastrous…
Imagine winning 93 of the previous 100 matches! Jannik Sinner has been on that streak since the end of 2023, writing new pages of tennis history and joining tennis immortals. Since 1990, only Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had more impressive runs! Roger claimed mind-blowing 97 victories in 100 matches during his strongest…
Padraig Harrington, a famous Irish golfer, in an interesting conversation with the media, decided to joke around talking about the ‘Happy Gilmore’ swing, while stressing that hurling was an important factor in perfecting such a swing. However, the well-known face of golf scene is not happy considering that he did not get a cameo role…
Gael Monfils is enjoying a thrilling season at 38! The Frenchman earned his tenth victory of 2025 in the first round of Indian Wells, toppling Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4, 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes. Thus, Monfils wrote history books and achieved a notable milestone. At 38 years and six months, Gael became the fifth-oldest…
Tom McKibbin has been making headlines after deciding to join LIV Golf. Although it was speculated whether the young golfer would really follow in the footsteps of some of his older colleagues, Tom felt that LIV Golf was the best option for his career. Expectedly, furious reactions followed, and frustrated golf fans began to ask…
Fred Stolle (right) with friend and frequent foe Roy Emerson Fred Stolle died this week, at the age of 86. He made his first appearance at the Australian Championships in 1958 (losing to Rod Laver, no less!), and he was part of the game for six decades after that, as a player, coach, and commentator.…
Novak Djokovic explained that his viral Doha airport video was completely misunderstood as the Serb didn’t limp because of his Australian Open injury but because he accidentally hit himself in the ankle just before departing for the airport. After picking up a hamstring tear in Melbourne and retiring in the semifinal, the 37-year-old returned to…